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"Intel SSD's have never been tops for read/write speeds...yet they always test at the top or very near the top of most SSD benchmark tests. Reason being, extremely fast random I/O. So, with an OS that predominately writes and reads bunches of small files.....that random I/O is a better indicator of performance than a very large read/write speed."

 

Sold, thanks for the help.

dv6 has 12.7mm optical?

 

Hey anyone with the laptop please answer this question pleaseeee

Okay does the glossy bezel surrounding the screen scratch easily?
I purchased a dm4 and man did that sucker scratch just by closing the machine smh

 

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HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) w/Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
• 1GB GDDR5 Radeon(TM) HD 6770M Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE Upgrade to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++
• 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
• FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN
• Standard Keyboard
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

$676 shipped.

 

Damn how'd you pull that off? Like what discounts did you get?

 

how did u pull that off .....

 

I have same configuration and I paid 893 shipped

 

he probably used the 500 off coupon

 

Total BS, please do tell how you got this.

 

Maybe got the $500 off and got them to stack the $150 instant rebate on top of it? It's a ridiculously amazing deal, I'm def jealous. I got the same makeup for around $866.28 shipped.

 

wheres this coupon, man? I could really use it haha

 

Step 1: Buy new Sandy Bridge computer in January with $500 coupon.

Step 2: Receive email telling you that your computer is defective, but they'll let you return it by 4-30-11 and use the $500 coupon for a replacement purchase.

Step 3: Call HP and ask them to apply the coupon to your order with the $150 instant rebate. (or better yet, do it last Thursday-Saturday when the instant rebate was $250)

 

I've been following this thread and I really really want a dv6 right now heh, plus it's been really helpful.

You guys have got some awesome deals..
There's only a $350 off right now and I you can get an i7 2630, Radeon 6770, 8GB Ram, NO blueray all for $870 with taxes. I don't know if I should buy it or just wait for another coupon to come along.
This

makes me want to wait but he probably got that deal because of the delayed shipping thing going on ):

 

They told me April 15th ship/build. It's obviously an arbitrary number, and I'm not banking on that date.

 

You can use the $350 coupon (NB6489) or the 25% off coupon code (MU6192). The 25% coupon code will give you more off if your configured price is greater than $1400.

This is for the dv7.

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• 1GB GDDR5 Radeon(TM) HD 6770M Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• FREE Upgrade to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 640GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• No Additional Office Software
• FREE Upgrade to Norton Internet Security(TM) 2011 - 15 Month Subscription (activation required)
• One 6-Cell and One 9-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• 17.3" diagonal HD+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
• Blu-ray writer & SuperMulti DVD burner
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
• Standard Keyboard
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Above configuration comes out to $1459 less $365 (25%) for $1094 plus tax no shipping.

 

I would say that $350 off is still a pretty good deal. Some people got to use a $500 off code, but that was for people who returned the model that had the old sandy bridge chip sets. I am still waiting for mine, I will have waited over a month from when I ordered it by the time I actually get it. Still, for the price and what your getting I am not sure it can be beat for the moment. If you do not mind waiting that is.


ALSO: Has any one put after market ram in yet? I was thinking about throwing some after market 2x4 sticks in. I may just go crazy knowing I have mix matched ram other wise haha.

 

Yeah I know it's a pretty good deal, I'm just jealous lol
The thing is, I might not be getting the laptop until July (I'm not from US) so I don't really know if I should buy the laptop now and MAYBE get it soon or wait 2 months to buy it (will it be cheaper? new model? no more coupons?)
So it's kind of a dilemma.

 

Yea, I'm not either, doesn't mean I can't hope! Haha. In the mean time I'll keep looking around for deals of equal value. (I'm not holding my breath to find one, what we all seem to be getting seem to be outrageously good.)

 

Toms Hardware
...Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge platform may show its face come May 30.

Wikipedia:
...Ivy Bridge is the codename given to the 22 nm die shrink of the Sandy Bridge architecture. During the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) on September 13, 2010, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini mentioned that Ivy Bridge processors may be introduced as early as in the second half of 2011.[53] According to early roadmap details, Intel is estimating that Ivy Bridge will offer a 20 percent CPU performance advantage over Sandy Bridge.[54]

On the graphics side, there will be support for DirectX 11 and OpenCL 1.1, and Intel is targeting a 30 percent graphics performance and 20 percent overall performance boost compared to Sandy Bridge.[54] It seems that Ivy Bridge might get 16 EUs.[55][56] Ivy Bridge will also support PCI Express 3.0.[57] A new Panther Point chipset, to be released with the Ivy Bridge platform, will offer native USB 3.0 support, while Cougar Point chipsets will be backwards compatible with the Ivy bridge platform.

Sofpedia:
...Ivy Bridge was tweaked to feature a DirectX 11 compatible GPU, that packs 30% more EUs and supports up to three independent displays and HDMI 1.4a, a PCI Express Gen 3 integrated controller as well as improved video encoding, decoding and transcoding capabilities.

As far as the operating platform employed is concerned, Ivy Bridge uses the same LGA 1155 socket as its 32nm sibling and will be launched together with the Panther Point chipset that brings native support for up to four USB 3.0 ports.

 

Next will be the Golden Gate bridge laptops. Will watch your kids and fart rainbows.

If you sit around waiting for the next great thing, you will never have a pc, lol.

 

Before anyone starts having buyers remorse. From the first paragraph...

 

Second Half vs May 30 vs 2012



Was starting to get excited.

 

Ivory Bridge, eh?

They should've called it the Ivory Tower and skipped the subtlety.

EDIT: nevermind, I read that wrong. Ivy, not Ivory...

 

Anyway, I'll use mine for 20 days.. and then wait for Ivy Bridge - 60% discount coupon...

 

What is the speed of the RAM in the dv6/dv7? If you go with the i7-2720qm or higher processor can you run DDR3-1600 RAM?

I was looking at this article.

This post shows that the RAM is PC3-10700. I am sure it is the same RAM for the i7-2720. Can anyone confirm?

BTW, I don't think the thread search works.

 

Hello all! New to this forum, and am about to order a new DV7T QE. Question: Any significant differences between the 2630 and 2720 processors, besides a minor speed increase? Software and hardware support the same for both? For example, I heard somewhere that Intel Widi would work for only one of them. Any truth to this? Thanks everyone!

 

Hmm thinking about canceling my order and getting this:


HP ENVY 17 3D customizable Notebook PC

XW930AV

* Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* No Additional Office Software
* 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM (2.0 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.9 GHz
* 1GB GDDR5 Radeon(TM) HD 6850M Graphics [HDMI]
* 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* 750GB 5400RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
* 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 2.25 hours of battery life +++
* 17.3" diagonal Full HD HP 3D Ultra BrightView Infinity LED Display (1920x1080)
* Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
* HP TrueVision HD Webcam
* Intel 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
* Backlit Keyboard
* Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 9 & Adobe Premiere(R) Elements 9
* HP 3D Active Shutter Glasses
* HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Estimated build date: April 26, 2011

This ships free Free standard shipping on this item

The HP Home & Home Office Store will accept returns or exchanges for this product up to 21 days after delivery

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Price: $1,549.99
Coupon: –$387.50
Price after savings: $1,162.49

 

Just curious, what is the coupon code you used to get $387.50 off ? Thanks

 

I got it off of logic buy

 

Found it, thanks.

 

Ok HP, status update, I just need you guys to get me my laptop by May 16th. That's all I'm asking for. Can you do it? Can you? *hope*

 

It seems like a better deal to me.especially with the display and.backlit keyboard and them u have the 3d and bezelless screen hmmm I'm deciding

 

Churt,

Look at the 2.25 battery hour estimate. That basically means one hour which isn't even enough to watch a move. That's probably the only reason I'd hesitate. And 3D for me is just a gimmick, unless you're really into it.

Screen will be soo nice though. 120hz 1080p

 

Agreed. I hate 3D. Its just a fad and I can't wait till its over.

But the screen resolution is nice.

 

guys, on my DV7, with wifi and bluetooth on, with a 9-cell plugged in, at 95ish% I had just under 13 hours of battery according to windows... I was on a very low brightness as it was night time, but that is still amazing! (intel graphics, set to lowest settings). Tweaking the advanced power settings gives a few extra hours. CoolSense was on medium settings I believe. And i think I had like 6-7 hours with a nearly full battery with a 6-cell. I was just doing regular use, browsing sites and listening to some music off youtube in the background, about 25% of full volume.

...and then I checked it out right now, 8 hr 12 min, with 82% remaining (doing the math that comes out to about 10 hours if I were at 100%). Not as good as what I saw yesterday, but still great. (9-cell)

Did more testing, now full brightness. 80%, 5 hr 27 min (9-cell). This comes to about 6 hours 49 mins if the battery were at 100%.

I will continue to test, posting battery results whenever I get around to is in this format:
What's changed from last test. %age now, time left, time left if @ 100%, battery type

watched a few more vids, still at full brightness, 76%, 5:55 left, 7:47 if@ 100%, 9-cell
Nothing changed. 73%, 5:04 left, 6:56 if@ 100%, 9-cell
Fiddling with some settings, added sidebar gadgets. 69%, 4:12 left, 5:58 if@ 100%, 9-cell
Lowered brightness to 50%. 68%, 5:16 left, 7:45 if@ 100%, 9-cell
Nothing, just more browsing and music. 66%, 5:07 left, 7:45 if@ 100%, 9-cell

note: 6-cell (which I have but have as well but have not tested much) shud get about half of a 9-cell



I think I'm done testing for now.
Final conclusions (estimates):
9-cell, low brightness - 9 hrs
9-cell, med brightness - 7 hrs
9-cell, high brightness - 5 hrs
6-cell, low brightness - 4.5 hrs
6-cell, med brightness - 3.5 hrs
6-cell, high brightness - 2.5 hrs
NOTE: All estimates using Intel graphics, not ATI, i'll assume dedicated geaphics might cut battery life by upto 50% (in half) not sure tho

 

Looking at when you ordered it, I highly doubt that

 

It's 1333MHz. Even if the motherboard/BIOS supports 1600MHz (which I HIGHLY doubt), upgrading would be pointless for 99.9% of people (probably totally useless for the type of people who would need a laptop like this), and I even heard that it can only support up to 4GB at that speed.

 

testing out the sound on the D7V, pretty nice
so is the display, webcam is def not "HD" lol, but good enuf.
screen has a "sweet spot" angle, but if you increase the brightness this angle gets larger I feel.
Battery review above.
intel graphics are good enuf for everything except gaming

i have 8GB ram, ati 6770, and 2720 CPU
installed an SSD by myself, so clean install of win 7

Windows system rating: 7.5 CPU, 7.6 RAM, 6.9 for both graphics ratings, 7.7 hard drive
so base score of 6.9 ( i may overclock the GPU tho)

laptop is very cool (43-44 Celsius CPU cores), altho been using intel almost the whole time, no gaming (yet).
built seems good enuf, nice and sturdy
not brown at all, almost solid black... making it a finger print MAGNET, but i like the color at least

 

amd851, when did you order it, and when did you receive it, if I may ask ?

 

=( Unfair. Especially considering my original order was placed 03/21 >.< Darn HP. I guess I'll just look out for sweet deals in the mean time, cause man, I need a laptop before my next trip.

 

could you elaborate a little?

Thanks for the info!

 

I mean this is the highest res screen (laptop or desktop) I've ever dealt with. But I mean text is crispt, images are clear? I haven't tested out my blueray drive yet because I do not own blueray disks.
Movies seems clear tho
As for the webcam, there is a little bit of blur, anyone wud be able to tell (I think) that a photo from this webcam was taken from a webcam and not a camera. Improvement over my last webcam tho.
As for sound, speakers are nice, subwoofer is not that good, but you can tell it's there if you listen to your music carefully (which is better than no subwoofer at all)

ok tested a little more of the display, on youetube. there's a clear difference between 480p and 720p, however when stepping up to 1080p I don't think I saw any difference. (so this screen goes up to about 720p i guess)

colors are very vibrant (i'm not that good with judging displays, i care more about the power of the laptop, which has been great)

 

Thanks! (can't rep, sorry)

 

Hey Fizzix, when is your est. ship date? I also ordered on the 21st of March
and also nice name, I gather your interested in physics.

 

The updated delayed ship date is now the 15th.

Thanks. Indeed, I studied quantum physics and loved it.

 

My original order was March 17, and I'm still waiting

 

heh, I ordered mine on march 13th (day 1) and it still has not shipped... hopefully they fill all the orders by these new expected dates so you dont have to suffer like me

 

My new Est. Ship is 4/11, I guess it's because I ordered a dv6se, I don't know.

 

Or that the date they're giving people is just an arbitrary number that doesn't mean anything. They really don't know, so they're just dangling it on a string for us.